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500 Greatest Albums of All Time

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Beastie Boys, 'License to Ill'


Beastie Boys, 'License to Ill'
219/500

Def Jam, 1986

Recorded when the New York rap trio were barely out of high school, Licensed to Ill remains a revolutionary combination of hip-hop beats, metal riffs and some of the most exuberant, unapologetic smart-aleck rhymes ever made. It became the bestselling rap album of the Eighties.


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